TUESDAY, May 5

•Oakland Catholic Diocese plans to offer drive-thru communion on Sunday morning at the Cathedral of Light Church parking garage.

•Alameda cancels its popular Fourth of July parade due to covid-19.

•Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said the city’s two covid-19 testing sites are performing under-capacity, urges residents to get a free test if they feel sick.

MONDAY, May 4

•Newsom to allow some businesses to begin reopening in the state, such as bookstores, florists, clothing retailers.

•Number of Californians who applied for unemployment benefits since mid-March: 7.2 million.

THURSDAY, April 30

•Alameda County Community Food Bank on Monday will begin receiving 4,000 lbs. of strawberries, 7,000 broccoli crowns as part of pilot program with UnitedAg member farms.

•Alameda County has a $72.1 million budget shortfall for the next fiscal year.

•Alameda County administration forecasts a 10% drop in sales tax-based revenues, such as Measure A, which funds Highland Hospital.

•Hayward city manager and Hayward USD superintendent to host a town hall teleconference on May 4, 4:30-6 p.m. Spanish translators available. LINK HERE.

WEDNESDAY, April 29

•Alameda County, five other Bay Area counties, starting May 4, will relax the shelter in place order to allow construction work, gardening, landscaping, golf, tennis, and some other outdoor activities.

•Alameda County has administered 16,000 total covid-19 tests out 1.5 million residents. The rate of positive tests is 9%.

•Alameda County Sheriff’s said none of the 35 confirmed cases of covid-19 at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin have been hospitalized.

•Hayward is allocating $902,000 in federal CARES Act funding for vulnerable communities and small businesses.

•Alameda County is looking to negotiate for use of hotels in Hayward, Newark, Pleasanton, and Livermore for housing the homeless.

TUESDAY, April 28

•Alameda begins a pilot program starting Thursday to encourage pedestrian and bike use by closing two streets to vehicle traffic. They are Pacific Ave. from Grand St. to Oak St.; Versailles Ave. from Central Ave. to Fernside Blvd.

•San Leandro provides $15,000 in funding to nine food pantries in the city.

•Rep. Ro Khanna will add the “Essential Workers Bill of Rights” he authored with Sen. Elizabeth Warren into the next covid-19 relief package.

•Lyft is offering a 30-day membership to essential workers that allows free access to its bicycles and ebikes.

•Tesla now says it will not reopen its Fremont factory this week after the county’s shelter in place was extended through May.

MONDAY, April 27

•Alameda County, along with five other Bay Area counties extend the shelter in place through the end of May. PRESS RELEASE.

•Report says Tesla is telling some employees to return to work at its Fremont plant this week, despite shelter in place order.

•Alameda is deploying four FEMA trailers at Alameda Point that can house up to eight unsheltered individuals.